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Some kinds of monopoly are illegal. That first case was an antitrust case which has some connection to anti-monopoly, yeah? Those companies have had a decade a
by aaron-lebo 10y ago
Some kinds of monopoly are illegal. That first case was an antitrust case which has some connection to anti-monopoly, yeah?
Those companies have had a decade at the top with all the money and talent in the world. Has tech gotten that much better since 2007? Has Apple's hardware gotten better relative to the competition? Has your web experience gotten remarkably better? Do we prefer Allo or Hangouts or x, y, or z to Google Talk?
With the clout they have you have to innovate some and they certainly have. The question is whether they have innovated substantially. It doesn't seem like it.
- friedman23 10y ago> Has tech gotten that much better since 2007? Yes > Apple's hardware gotten better relative to the competition? "Relative", explain why you put that qualifier please beyond not having an argument. Also yes. > Has your web experience gotten remarkably better? Yes > Do we prefer Allo or Hangouts or x, y, or z to Google Talk? Hangouts, what's your point here? You really don't remember what tech was like 10 years ago.
- adrianratnapala 10y agoIn 2006 the linux desktop was about the same as it is now, the Windows one was better. In 2006 I didn't have a smartphone yet. And in 2016, I don't have one any more. (Actually I have one from work, but I only seem to use it as a wireless hotspot.)
- trimbo 10y agoVista was better than Windows 10?
- Neliquat 10y agoNoone used vista, it was XP, 7, 10 for 90% of users.
- macintux 10y agoPer the graphs at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_syste... it looks like Vista peaked at 40%.
- zlynx 10y agoVista ran very well for me in 2 GB of RAM. It was absurdly slow in 1 GB machines, especially on laptops shipped with Vista plus bloatware. I used Vista until 7 came out. I usually upgrade Windows versions rapidly. Linux too, I usually jump into the Fedora betas. I haven't been sorry yet. Anyway, your own statement is contradictory. From what you said 10% is not "no one."
- adrianratnapala 10y agoVista, I admit was terrible. But XP was very good for its time -- it brought in the big menus and (quasi?) full-screen stuff which later metastasied in Win 10. Though those menus were also a throwback to the good old DOS text-mode menu systems. Win7 was of course another good one, a few years later. But note: the difference between Win7 and Vista was not the UI design -- it was the performance and other aspects of technical execution.